Re: xfrmr

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• Subject: Re: xfrmr
• From: FutureT-at-aol-dot-com (by way of Terry Fritz <twf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 21:50:30 -0700
• Approved: twf-at-verinet-dot-com

In a message dated 99-03-29 01:11:28 EST, you write:

<< 
 Original Poster: Robert Volk <smrtmny2-at-earthlink-dot-net> 
 
> Hi all.
 
> I have an opportunity to purchase an old potential transformer cheap. I
> haven't put it on the meter yet, but all looks fine. My question is if
> it would work for TC use very well. It's rated at 4000 V/ 5.5 amps
> (60hz). It's lots of current, but I don't know if the voltage is too low
> to use in this application. Any suggestions?
 
> Bob Volk
  >>

Bob, 

Two of these in series would be nice   :)   I know that some people
use 6kV for their coils, but lower than that makes it harder to build
a suitable spark gap.  You could over-volt the input by 20% or so,
to get amost 5kV, then use resonant charging to get another 15% 
voltage rise or so, and use a sync gap at 120 BPS, and it would
probably work fine.  You'd need a large cap value for any kind of 
decent power handling though at the low voltage/low BPS.

Or one of them could power a nice tube coil.  Is that 5.5 amps on
the secondary?  That's a lot of power, I've never seen a potential
transformer rated at 22 kilowatts.

John Freau

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